Despite this over-evident contrast between them, Dixon realized that their progress, deliberate and to all appearances thoughtful, must seem rather donnish to passing students

两人相比，差别鲜明，但狄克逊还是觉得，他们走起路来，那从容不迫的步子和深思熟虑的面孔，一定会使过路的学生认为他们都是学者。

Donnish refinement of speech

学究式的雅语

donnish carefulness of speech

在用词方面卖弄学识

||1: Mr Garton Ash is incapable of writing a dull article. Unlike some famous-name writers, he is proud to be a reporter: whatever the subject, he digs diligently. ||2: He observes sharply and with a dry donnish wit that deserves greater play. ||3: A remarkable wordsmith, at his best he has an echo of one of his great heroes, George Orwell. ||4: The pieces range from his first stamping-grounds of Germany and central Europe to the bigger themes he took on later (such as Britain’s neurotic “don’t know, don’t trust, don’t care” relationship with Europe) and to more exotic places, including Brazil, Iran and Myanmar.

||1:加顿·阿什不会撰写那些干涩无趣的文章，与某些知名作家不同，他为身为记者而自豪：无论面对何种主题，他都会勤奋挖掘素材。||2:其评论一针见血，字里行间所透出之学究式的冷冷嘲讽，让人读来不禁有大材小用之叹。||3:这位非凡的语言大师在其巅峰时期，甚至能在笔下中重现乔治·奥威尔当年的风采，而后者正是加顿·阿什心目中的伟大英雄人物之一。||4:本书收录的零散作品，其范围从他最初频繁涉足的德国与中欧，延伸到他于日后挑战的更大主题（英国与欧洲之间神经质一般的“不知、不信、不顾”关系便为一例），并一直远达更富异域情调的地区，其中包括巴西、伊朗和缅甸。

He is a devout Catholic with mild, donnish quirks. He writes haiku poems and reads Shakespeare for pleasure.

虽然是一名虔诚的天主教徒，他却有着儒雅的学究气息，平日不但写写俳句而且乐于阅读莎士比亚的书籍。

It seemed that he might look forward to a donnish life devoted to private study.

他似乎期待着一种潜心搞个人研究的学者式生活。